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Grade 12Electrostatics

Please help me to find effective capacitance when dielectrics of different constants are inserted as shown

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8 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Eshan
8 Years ago
Dear student,

HereC_1andC_2are in parallel. The effective capacitance of this combination is, thus,C'=C_1+C_2.

This combination is series combination with capacitorC_3. Hence

C_{eff}=\dfrac{(C_1+C_2)(C_3)}{(C_1+C_2)+C_3}